End of Summer

What a summer we have had! Since Addison's baptism the fun has not stopped. The week after the baptism was dominated by Musikfest which we got to enjoy a handful of times. We tried to head down in the afternoons where stroller traffic was much more navigable than how packed it got at nights. The rest of the month has seen some perfect weather here in the Lehigh Valley so Addison has been spending lots of time swimming in the pool with Pops, as seen below. She really loves the water and generally lets us know when we take her out how displeased she is with us.

Last week we got the opportunity to head down to Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia to cheer on our Phillies. They were playing the Arizona Diamondbacks and beat them by a resounding score of 12-3. Addison was perplexed by how many people were in one place for a baseball game, but did not seem to mind the noise one bit. She fell asleep in the 1st inning only to wake up in about the 3rd. Every time the crowd cheered she looked confused, but never really cried. The weather was unfortunately disgusting with a high around 92 and lots of humidity so we were all very sweaty. Amy and Addie matched very well as seen in the picture below.

We went to this Phillies game with a bunch of friends, including Brian. He recently shaved his head and we could not help but notice how similar he and Addison look right now. This picture is good proof of that.

Last weekend Amy and Andrew were honored to become the Godparents of Amy's niece, Elizabeth Claire Dunn. Lizzie looked precious for her big day and the family was pleased to be there to support her. During the service 6 babies were baptized and as Amy and Andrew were tied up with Godparent;y duties, Addie was sitting with Aunt Megan and soon-to-be-Uncle Eric. Since there was an abundance of babies the priest looked excited to baptize any baby he could find and tried to re-baptize Addison. Once everything was cleared up the baptisms all went very smoothly. Lizzie and Addison look like they will become great friends as it will be helpful to have a cousin so close to the same age as she is.

On the school front, Amy was back to school this past week and Andrew starts this next week coming up. It is going to be a hectic semester for both of us but with all of your support we will get through it.

Given the hectic nature of our schedules, however, finding time to update the blog will be difficult, though we will try our best. If you want us to email you each time we update it please email us at a.a.giesler@gmail.com . We will make a mailing list and let you know each time a new post is up.

Thank you all!

Addie's Baptism

Addison's baptism turned out to be a wonderful day. The weather was not the nicest for traveling to the church but the ceremony was beautiful and Addison was a little angel. The following are some pictures from the special day.

Aunt Megan and Uncle Kish were very proud godparents and mom and dad were very proud parents.


She looked beautiful in her mommy's baptism gown.


Grandparents, aunts and uncles and great grandparents were all very excited for her.


After the celebration was over Addie got to spend some quality time with her cousins (Will and Lizzie) and loved it!


We just thought we would add these pictures in for good measure because they were so adorable!